1 Timothy 1:17 (WEB)
Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, to God who alone is wise, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.
Catechism · 1
“By his Revelation, "the invisible God, from the fullness of his love, addresses men as his friends, and moves among them, in order to invite and receive them into his own company."” — Catechism footnote: DV 2; cf. Col 1:15; I Tim 1:17; Ex 33:11; Jn 15:14-15; Bar 3:38 (Vulg.).
Fathers and councils · 10
Gregory of Nyssa
“For when the Apostle says “Now to the immortal, invisible, only wise God,” and the like, by these titles he suggests conceptions which represent to us the transcendent power, but when God is spoken of in the Scriptures as gracious,…” — editor's note: Cf. 1 Tim. i. 17
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Tertullian
“It was of Him, too, that he had said in a previous passage: “Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, to the only God;” so that we might apply even the contrary qualities to the Son Himself—mortality, accessibility—of whom the apostle testifies that “He died according to the…” — editor's note: 1 Tim. i. 17.
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Jerome
“Wherefore also the Apostle calls Him the only invisible God, Who dwells in light unapproachable, and Whom no man hath seen, nor can see.” — editor's note: 1 Tim. i. 17; vi. 16.
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Theodoret of Cyrus
“Do we say that the Divine nature is invisible? or do we dissent from the Apostle when he says “Immortal, invisible, the only God.”” — editor's note: 1 Tim. i. 17
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Augustine of Hippo
“Because even if this be said of the Trinity itself, therein is also God the Father.” — editor's note: 1 Tim. i. 17.
Read the whole comment“For it is said, “Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honour and glory for ever and ever.”” — editor's note: 1 Tim. i. 17.
Read the whole comment“…and neither of the Son nor of the Holy Spirit: “Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honor and glory for ever and ever;” and that other passage, “The blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords; who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man…” — editor's note: 1 Tim. i. 17
Read the whole comment“For if one man had appeared, what else would those at once cry out, who say that the Son was visible also in His own substance before He was born of the Virgin, but that it was Himself? since it is said, they say, of the Father, “To the only invisible God.”” — editor's note: 1 Tim. i. 17
Read the whole comment“For they gave birth to this opinion who were not able to understand in respect to the unity of the Trinity such texts as, “Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God;” and, “Whom no man hath seen, nor can see.”” — editor's note: 1 Tim. i. 17
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Gregory of Nazianzus
“For if you conceive in this manner of the meaning of To the only wise God, or Who only hath Immortality, Dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto, or of to the king of the Ages, immortal, invisible, and only wise God, then…” — editor's note: 1 Tim. i. 17.
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Cross-references · 11
Cited together in On the Holy Trinity II.8.
Cited together in On the Holy Trinity II.8.
Cited together in On the Holy Trinity II.11.
Cited together in Catechism §142.
Cited together in On the Holy Trinity II.8.
Cited together in On the Holy Trinity II.8.
Cited together in Catechism §142.
Cited together in Catechism §142.
Cited together in On the Holy Trinity II.11.
Cited together in On the Holy Trinity II.11.
Cited together in Catechism §142.